Pierre Bensusan "50th Anniversary Tour"

Name: Pierre Bensusan "50th Anniversary Tour"
Start: 2025-09-28T18:30:00-04:00
Location: St. James Westminster

Schedule

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

St. James Westminster | London, ON

Pierre Bensusan brings his 50th Anniversary tour to London, ON with a special concert at St. James Westminster Church in Wortley Village. Advance tickets are $35 (+ s/c) and are only available online. Tickets at the door are $40 (+s/c). Doors will open at 5:45 pm with an early concert start time of 6:30 pm. The concert is presented in cooperation with the Cuckoo's Nest Folk Club.
French acoustic guitar virtuoso, vocalist and composer Pierre Bensusan, surnamed "Mister DADGAD", has taken his unique sound to all corners of the globe. Winner of the Independent Music Award for his triple live album "Encore", voted Best World Music Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine reader's Poll, winner of the Rose d'Or at the Montreux Festival for his debut album, Pierre is recognized as one of the greatest guitar players of the 21st century. “It’s like the guitar has been given free rein to play itself!”
WHAT PEOPLE SAY...
“Listening to Pierre's music is rejuvenating. Beside his extraordinary touch and tone, the notes and melody appeal directly to the tender side of our human nature” - Steve Vai
“This is beautiful... Pierre is one of the GREATS!!!” - Tommy Emmanuel
“Pierre Bensusan's music is a true inspiration.” - Suzanne Vega
“Pierre is one of my favorite guitarists. He has created a new way of playing and is the king of the DADGAD tuning.” - Michael Hedges
“For me, Pierre can only justly be compared to someone of the stature of Keith Jarrett; so total is his mastery of the solo instrument, his dazzling harmony, his many innovations, and his deft command of counterpoint, the jazz idiom, folk expression, and all genres between and beyond. An entire history unfolds as he plays. But really, like Jarrett, the emotional depth – and this is where true artistry often likes to live – of many of his songs and compositions is all, well, breathtaking. With only his steel-string-acoustic guitar – and sometimes his rich, affecting voice – Mr. Bensusan can disassemble your heart and hand it back to you restored and renewed. As he did to mine tonight. A true giant.” - James Volpe Rotondi (editor, Guitar Player Magazine)